Thermal modelling package for a representative low-energy single-family house including:
- a high-fidelity IDA ICE building model,
- a reduced-order state-space thermal model,
- matching Zagreb Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) weather data.
The repository is intended for:
- building thermal dynamics research,
- HVAC control design,
- model predictive control (MPC),
- thermal comfort analysis,
- student projects and teaching.
docs/ Exported documentation (PDF)
model_ida_ice/ IDA ICE project and weather files
model_state_space/ Reduced-order state-space model
The repository contains a detailed multi-zone IDA ICE building energy model of a low-energy detached single-family house designed for the continental climate of the Zagreb region, Croatia.
The IDA ICE model includes:
- full 3-D geometry,
- layer-by-layer envelope constructions,
- HVAC system configuration,
- occupancy and internal gains,
- integrated TMY weather data.
A semi-physical linear state-space model identified from IDA ICE simulation data is included for:
- fast simulation,
- control design,
- MPC/PID applications,
- thermal dynamics studies.
The model contains:
- air-temperature states,
- thermal-mass states,
- weather and solar irradiation inputs,
- per-zone heating/cooling inputs.
The repository includes Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) weather data for the Zagreb region, Croatia.
The weather data are provided in formats suitable for:
- IDA ICE,
- MATLAB / Simulink workflows.
- IDA ICE 4.8 or newer
- MATLAB / Simulink
If you use this repository in academic work, please cite:
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A. Banjac and D. Prvonožec,
Optimizing Insulation Thickness for Energy and Cost Efficiency in Residential Buildings: A Case Study,
Proc. 11th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), 2025. -
D. Prvonožec and A. Banjac,
Thermal Comfort-Based vs Temperature-Based Control in a Single-Family House: Impacts on Energy Use and Occupant Comfort,
SpliTech 2026.
This repository is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 License.